Re: Strange failure during de_CH.po generation with make -j

2024-01-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
this before when hacking on the Debian packaging too. IIRC it's because the po build does not use separated-out build dirs like the binary builds, and that would the right way to fix this. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "The problem

Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] ia64: Remove support

2023-05-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
machines alive for the sake of it, then at some point they also will have to accept staying on old software too. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com “Changing random stuff until your program works is bad coding pract

Re: [PATCH] font: Try opening fonts from the bundled memdisk

2023-04-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
We're running with this patch in Debian builds right now and it's working well... Reviewed-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> Tested-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> (whichever you prefer!) On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 12:06:52PM +0200, Chris Coulson wrote:

Re: [programmer11...@programist.ru: Bug#1021846: grub-install is broken since 2.06-3: error: unknown filesystem]

2022-12-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
thanks for confirming! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Since phone messaging became popular, the young generation has lost the ability to read or write anything that is longer than one hundred and sixty character

Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] kern/efi/sb: Use shim to verify font files

2022-12-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
kes more sense if we want to go this way. I'm not sure we do personally, but... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Dance like no one's watching. Encrypt like everyone is. - @torproject ___ Grub-devel m

[PATCH] kern/file: Fix error handling in grub_file_open()

2022-12-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
that does will (incorrectly) also fail to open that second file. Let's fix that. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre --- grub-core/kern/file.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/grub-core/kern/file.c b/grub-core/kern/file.c index 8d48fd50d..668b149c3 100644 --- a/grub-core/kern/file.c

Re: [programmer11...@programist.ru: Bug#1021846: grub-install is broken since 2.06-3: error: unknown filesystem]

2022-12-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi Daniel! On Sat, Dec 03, 2022 at 01:41:51AM +1100, Daniel Axtens wrote: >Steve McIntyre writes: >> >> программист некто (in CC) reported this bug a few weeks back in >> Debian. Since I applied the bundle of filesystem bounds-checking fixes >> a few months back, he c

Fonts and theming and what to do in future with SB

2022-11-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
odules yet anyway... :-) Thoughts?? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "I used to be the first kid on the block wanting a cranial implant, now I want to be the first with a cranial firewall. &quo

Re: [programmer11...@programist.ru: Bug#1021846: grub-install is broken since 2.06-3: error: unknown filesystem]

2022-11-25 Thread Steve McIntyre
not read past the end of nat journal entries > >https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/patch/?id=4bd9877f62166b7e369773ab92fe24a39f6515f8 It's exactly the same patch, just the commit hash is different when pulled into our 2.06 tree. Cheers, Steve -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

[programmer11...@programist.ru: Bug#1021846: grub-install is broken since 2.06-3: error: unknown filesystem]

2022-11-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
ock device, size 10.85 GiB (11653873664 bytes) F2FS file system (version 1.14) $ disktype /dev/sda2 --- /dev/sda2 Block device, size 17.48 GiB (18772656128 bytes) NTFS file system Volume size 17.48 GiB (18772652032 bytes, 36665336 sectors) - End forwarded message - -- Steve McIntyr

Re: [PATCH] Explicitly unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH before running fs tests

2022-09-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 07:18:50PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: >On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 11:12:02PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> In some filesystem utils like mksquashfs, they will silently change >> behaviour and cause timestamps to unexpectedly change. Build >> environme

[PATCH] Explicitly unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH before running fs tests

2022-09-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
-time tests to fail. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre --- tests/util/grub-fs-tester.in | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/util/grub-fs-tester.in b/tests/util/grub-fs-tester.in index 43f6175c3..6d70967e6 100644 --- a/tests/util/grub-fs-tester.in +++ b/tests/util/grub-fs

Re: [PATCH] Remove HFS support

2022-08-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
werpc *really* don't get to dictate things in Debian terms. As Daniel Axtens has been finding out, the HFS code is terrible in terms of security. If you still need it for old/semi-dead machines, maybe you should fork an older grub release and stay with that? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GRUB2 minisumit starts in November

2020-10-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 03:37:32PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: >Hey, > >GRUB2 minisumit starts in November. CfP is open. More you can find here: > https://twitter.com/3mdeb_com/status/1316057910816976899?s=20 Cool! Do you have a wiki page or similar to track things? :-) -- St

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] FOSDEM 2020 Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader Devroom Call for Participation

2020-01-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 02:50:59PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: >Hi Steve, > >On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 06:23:34PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Hi Daniel! >> >> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:19:52AM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: >> > >> >Some of you may alrea

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] FOSDEM 2020 Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader Devroom Call for Participation

2020-01-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
to interesting >parties too. > >If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask us here or >in private. Are you planning a meetup to talk about Grub development again this year, please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: GRUB failed to install on Fujitsu M10-4

2019-06-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
The >relevant code part can found here [1], the relevant message text here >[2]. > >I haven't analyzed the code in detail yet so I'm not sure why it >triggers in your case. I will perform a test installation inside a >SPARC T5 LDOM to find out. That's code I added into grub-ins

Re: [RFC 1/1] mkimage: revert "Align efi sections on 4k boundary"

2019-04-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
a Beaglebone Black. Leif's aware and promised me he'd look when he's back from his travels. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "This dress doesn't reverse." -- Alden Spiess ___ Grub-devel mailing

Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Minimise writes to EFI variable storage

2019-04-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
onst char *efifile_path, > const char *efi_distributor) > { >- const char * efidir_disk; >- int efidir_part; >- int ret; >- efidir_disk = grub_util_biosdisk_get_osdev (efidir_grub_dev->disk); >- efidir_part = efidir_grub_dev->disk->partition ?

Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Add %X to grub_vsnprintf_real and friends

2019-04-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
NED_INT + longfmt; > break; >@@ -900,6 +902,7 @@ grub_vsnprintf_real (char *str, grub_size_t max_len, const >char *fmt0, > c = 'x'; > /* Fall through. */ > case 'x': >+ case 'X': > case 'u': > case 'd': > { Reviewed-by: Ste

Re: [PATCH 2/2] Minimise writes to EFI variable storage

2019-03-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:29:15PM +, Colin Watson wrote: >On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 01:07:20AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 03:05:46PM +, Colin Watson wrote: >> >+/* Boot option attributes. */ >> >+#define LOAD_OPTION_ACTIVE 0x0

Re: [PATCH 2/2] Minimise writes to EFI variable storage

2019-03-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
>- isn't found. */ >- grub_util_error (_("%s: not found"), "efibootmgr"); >-} >- >- /* On Linux, we need the efivars kernel modules. */ >-#ifdef __linux__ >- grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "modprobe", "-q", "efivar

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add %X to grub_vsnprintf_real and friends

2019-03-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
en, const >char *fmt0, > c = 'x'; > /* Fall through. */ > case 'x': >+ case 'X': > case 'u': > case 'd': > { >-- >2.17.1 Reviewed-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt ___ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel

Re: [PATCH] util: Detect more I/O errors

2019-02-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
| 16 + > util/grub-mkimage.c| 8 +-- > util/setup.c | 6 +++-- > 10 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) LGTM Reviewed-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> > >diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/aros/hostdisk.c b/grub-core

Re: [PATCH] grub-install: check for arm-efi as a default target

2019-02-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
t;> for. >> >> Could you address? > >Argh... Addressed. Sorry for the confusion. I took first email from >the thread by mistake. Folks, next time please send new patches as >not a reply to. Just create new threads. ACK, will do! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

[PATCH] grub-install: check for arm-efi as a default target

2019-02-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
system() Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> --- grub-core/osdep/basic/platform.c | 6 ++ grub-core/osdep/linux/platform.c | 46 +++- include/grub/util/install.h | 3 +++ util/grub-install.c | 2 +- 4 files cha

Re: [PATCH] grub-install: check for arm-efi as a default target

2019-02-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hey Leif, On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 11:41:10AM +, Leif Lindholm wrote: >On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 02:42:34AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Much like on x86, we can work out if the system is running on top of >> EFI firmware. If so, return "arm-efi". If not, f

Re: [PATCH] arm64/efi: fix grub_efi_get_ram_base()

2019-02-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
;completely preventing boot on systems without RAM below 4GB. > >Change the initial value to GRUB_EFI_MAX_USABLE_ADDRESS, as originally >intended. > >Reported-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> >Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm Tested-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org

Re: [PATCH] grub-install: check for arm-efi as a default target

2019-02-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
Ping? On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 02:42:34AM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >Much like on x86, we can work out if the system is running on top of >EFI firmware. If so, return "arm-efi". If not, fall back to >"arm-uboot" as previously. > >Heavily inspired by the e

[PATCH] grub-install: check for arm-efi as a default target

2019-02-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
Much like on x86, we can work out if the system is running on top of EFI firmware. If so, return "arm-efi". If not, fall back to "arm-uboot" as previously. Heavily inspired by the existing code for x86. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> --- grub-core/o

Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2018-02-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
Apologies for the delayed response - just found this in the archives but for some reason I never got it in my inbox. Weird... :-/ On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 04:29:23PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: >On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 09:49:36PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Code is currently ignori

[PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2018-01-31 Thread Steve McIntyre
left on device Installation finished. No error reported. and then potentially unbootable systems. If efibootmgr fails, grub-install should know that and report it! We've been using this patch in Debian now for some time, with no ill effects. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.

Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2018-01-31 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 06:44:05PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: >On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 06:54:23PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c >> b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c >> index a3fcfcaca..b3a617e44 100644 >> ---

[PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2018-01-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
left on device Installation finished. No error reported. and then potentially unbootable systems. If efibootmgr fails, grub-install should know that and report it! We've been using this patch in Debian now for some time, with no ill effects. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.

Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2018-01-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 06:57:51PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: >On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 02:04:54PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c >> b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c >> index a3fcfcaca..fdd57a027 100644 >> ---

[PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2018-01-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
left on device Installation finished. No error reported. and then potentially unbootable systems. If efibootmgr fails, grub-install should know that and report it! We've been using this patch in Debian now for some time, with no ill effects. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.

Re: [wea...@debian.org: Bug#858832: calls efibootmgr with invalid options]

2017-04-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
happy to help with that - it's something I've been wanting for a while. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "I used to be the first kid on the block wanting a cranial implant, now I want to be the first with a cranial firewall. " -- Charlie

Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2017-02-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi folks, It would be nice to see this clear bug fixed for the upcoming release - any chance of getting it reviewed please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com You raise the blade, you make the change... You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane

Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2017-02-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 09:52:40PM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >30.01.2017 22:04, Steve McIntyre пишет: >> Code is currently ignoring errors from efibootmgr, giving users >> clearly bogus output like: >> >> Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta3-4) ... >&

Re: [PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2017-02-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
Anybody interested in reviewing this? On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 07:04:51PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >Code is currently ignoring errors from efibootmgr, giving users >clearly bogus output like: > >Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta3-4) ... >Installing for x86_

[PATCH] Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr

2017-01-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
left on device Installation finished. No error reported. and then potentially unbootable systems. If efibootmgr fails, grub-install should know that and report it! Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> --- grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c | 24 +++- i

Re: [PATCH] Add support for running a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit EFI

2015-02-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:42:14PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: v2 coming shortly. Hi! Any comments on v2? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Google-bait: http://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd Debian does NOT ship free CDs. Please do

Re: [PATCH] Add support for running a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit EFI

2015-01-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 06:42:01AM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: В Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:56:30 + Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com пишет: = Some platforms might be capable of running a 64-bit Linux kernel but only use a 32

[PATCH] Recognise a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit EFI firmware

2015-01-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
than just the size of the kernel, there is now an extra EFI sysfs file to describe the underlying firmware. Read that if possible, otherwise fall back to the kernel type as before. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com --- grub-core/osdep/linux/platform.c | 39

[PATCH] Add support for running a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit EFI

2015-01-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
as before. Signed-off-by: Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com --- grub-core/osdep/linux/platform.c | 38 +- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/linux/platform.c b/grub-core/osdep/linux/platform.c index 4b9f6ef..5668ae5 100644

Re: Bug#594967: Bug #594967: [poulsbo] grub-pc Hangs After Welcome to GRUB!

2011-01-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
8086:8117 [0c03] USB Controller [PI 20] 00:1f.0 8086:8119 [0601] ISA Bridge 00:1f.1 8086:811a [0101] IDE Controller [PI 80] bus/pci.c:92: bus 0x2 02:00.0 10ec:8136 [0200] Ethernet Controller bus/pci.c:92: bus 0x3 03:00.0 168c:001c [0200] Ethernet Controller grub -- Steve McIntyre

Re: Bug#594967: Bug #594967: [poulsbo] grub-pc Hangs After Welcome to GRUB!

2011-01-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
. If it is, we can perhaps avoid worrying about the rest; otherwise, we'll have to get more creative. Just tested on Jo's laptop now, and the new version works exactly as hoped. Thanks for the quick fix! Jo says many thankyous too. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK